Archived posts, October 2004

Invisible Form Prompts

Hiding form labels in an accessible way.

Posted on October 1, 2004 in Quicklinks

The Beauty and Business of CSS

Slides from Douglas Bowman’s presentation at Web Essentials 2004.

Posted on October 2, 2004 in CSS, Quicklinks, Web Standards

IE caught in its own web

An interesting article on the reasons Microsoft may have for not updating Internet Explorer.

Posted on October 3, 2004 in Browsers, Quicklinks

Slide Show Beta 2

A new beta of Eric Meyer’s Slide Show system.

Posted on October 3, 2004 in Quicklinks, Web General

Safari and XHTML

I just want to share a couple of issues I’ve come across with Safari and XHTML served as application/xhtml+xml. I’m…

Posted on October 3, 2004 in (X)HTML, Browsers

Web Essentials 04 Keynote

Slides from Dave Shea’s keynote at Web Essentials 2004.

Posted on October 4, 2004 in CSS, Quicklinks, Web Standards

Apple’s web professional market share

When computer market share statistics are mentioned, Apple is usually said to have something like 2-3 % of the PC…

Posted on October 5, 2004 in Web Standards

A few Tips for Using Lynx

A guide to setting up and using the text-only browser Lynx.

Posted on October 5, 2004 in Accessibility, Browsers, Quicklinks

Recently launched: Kungälvs kommun

The Swedish municipality of Kungälv recently rebuilt their site with standards.

Posted on October 6, 2004 in Quicklinks

The case for XHTML

Why using XHTML is good, even if you serve it as text/html.

Posted on October 6, 2004 in (X)HTML, Quicklinks, Web Standards

Using Patterns in Web Design

Interesting method for making design problems easier to handle.

Posted on October 7, 2004 in Quicklinks, Web General

Visual vs Structural

Two very different approaches to creating websites.

Posted on October 8, 2004 in Accessibility, Quicklinks, Web Standards

Pushing Your Limits

A presentation held by Douglas Bowman at Web Essentials 04.

Posted on October 9, 2004 in CSS, Quicklinks

Recommended music

Check out my list of recommended music.

Posted on October 9, 2004 in Quicklinks

Office work environment

I’m going to write about something completely different for a change. If you’re not interested in this subject, I think…

Posted on October 11, 2004 in Web General

The XHTML Way

HTML vs XHTML and separating data from formatting explained.

Posted on October 11, 2004 in (X)HTML, Content Management, Quicklinks, Web Standards

ABC News: All That Glitters

WaSP member Ethan Marcotte comments on the recently redesigned ABC News website.

Posted on October 12, 2004 in Web Standards, Web Standards

Doing One’s Best

Can you claim to be standards-compliant if your documents are invalid?

Posted on October 13, 2004 in Quicklinks, Web Standards

Light Weight Low Tech CSS Tabs

Different techniques combined to make CSS tabs.

Posted on October 13, 2004 in CSS, Quicklinks

Styling even more form controls

This is a follow-up to my previous post about Styling form controls. For some background info and comments, you may…

Posted on October 14, 2004 in CSS

Web Standards: A Business Perspective

A non-technical article on the business benefits of web standards.

Posted on October 14, 2004 in Quicklinks, Web Standards

Unethical / Oetiskt

A story about how unethically some clueless web design shops can act.

Posted on October 15, 2004 in Quicklinks

Why Mozilla is better than Firefox

A reminder of what came first.

Posted on October 16, 2004 in Browsers, Quicklinks

Valid Flash embedding

Web standards compliant Javascript Flash detect and embed.

Posted on October 16, 2004 in Quicklinks, Web Standards

CSS Negotiation

Basic CSS rules to start a new style sheet with.

Posted on October 16, 2004 in CSS, Quicklinks

Morcheeba: Parts of the process

Artist: Morcheeba Title: Parts of the process Genre: Trip-hop Released: 2003 Morcheeba is one of my favourite bands of…